March 4th. #890

Voter Bill of Rights

You have the following rights:

• The right to vote if you are a registered voter. You are eligible to vote if you are:

• a U.S. citizen living in California
• at least 18 years old
• registered where you currently live
• not currently serving a state or federal prison term for the conviction of a felony
• not currently found mentally incompetent to vote by a court

• The right to vote if you are a registered voter even if your name is not on the list. You will vote using a provisional ballot. Your vote will be counted if elections officials determine that you are eligible to vote.

• The right to vote if you are still in line when the polls close.

• The right to cast a secret ballot without anyone bothering you or telling you how to vote.

• The right to get a new ballot if you have made a mistake, if you have not already cast your ballot. You can:



• Ask an elections official at a polling place for a new ballot,
• Exchange your vote-by-mail ballot for a new one at an elections office, or at your polling place, or
• Vote using a provisional ballot.

• The right to get help casting your ballot from anyone you choose, except from your employer or union representative.

• The right to drop off your completed vote-by-mail ballot at any polling place in California.

• The right to get election materials in a language other than English if enough people in your voting precinct speak that language.

• The right to ask questions to elections officials about election procedures and watch the election process. If the person you ask cannot answer your questions, they must send you to the right person for an answer. If you are disruptive, they can stop answering you.

• The right to report any illegal or fraudulent election activity to an elections official or the Secretary of State’s office.

Support Evan Low for Congress - Volunteers Day

Evan Low is a fourth generation Californian, born and raised in Silicon Valley.

Symbolizing a new generation of leadership and diverse representation, Evan broke barriers in 2006 as the first Asian‐American, openly gay, and one of the youngest people ever elected to City Council. His trailblazing continued in 2009, becoming the youngest Asian‐American Mayor in the nation. 

In 2014, Evan’s dedication to improving lives and delivering results led him to the California Assembly where he marked another milestone as the youngest Asian‐American legislator in the body’s history. In 2015, he founded and chaired the nation’s first ever bipartisan Technology and Innovation Caucus to modernize the government's approach to a rapidly changing economy.

Throughout his time in the Assembly, Evan has brought diverse coalitions together to deliver results on the biggest issues of our time - maintaining Silicon Valley’s global competitiveness, protecting reproductive freedom, leading the fight on climate change and lowering costs for middle class families struggling to live and raise a family in California. 

As past Chair of the LGBTQ+ Caucus, Evan led the charge on marriage equality and protecting civil rights here and across the country. Through his leadership of the Asian Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus, Evan has been a powerful bulwark against the rapid rise in Asian hate fueled by the xenophobia and nativism of the Trump presidency.

Interview with Mountain View Councilmember and Candidate for Santa Clara County Supervisor Margaret Abe-Koga

Interview with Mountain View Councilmember and Candidate for Santa Clara County Supervisor Margaret Abe-Koga.

Councilmember Margaret Abe-Koga is a working mom, former small business owner, and breast cancer survivor. Margaret was born at Stanford Hospital and raised on the Peninsula by immigrant parents from Japan. She and her husband Yotto saved to purchase their home in Mountain View, where they raised two daughters who attended public schools and cared for Margaret’s aging parents. 

A graduate of Harvard University, Margaret is running for County Supervisor to address skyrocketing housing costs and create solutions to homelessness; advocate for small, local businesses; and work with law enforcement to address rising crime.



A former Congressional Aide to U.S. Representative Anna Eshoo and Assemblymember Evan Low’s former District Director, Margaret has brought commonsense fiscal leadership to her elected positions on the Santa Clara County Board of Education and  Mountain View City Council, where she was the first Asian Pacific Islander American woman to serve as Vice Mayor and Mayor in the City’s history.

Interview with De Anza Foothills College Board President and Candidate for Assembly Patrick Ahrens

Interview with De Anza Foothills College Board President and Candidate for Assembly Patrick Ahrens.

Patrick grew up in a home where substance abuse issues dominated. While moving himself forward as a college student, he experienced homelessness. Recently, his twin brother passed away from cancer while being forced to work continuously to maintain his health insurance and pay to provide for his family.

Patrick is a Sunnyvale resident and Silicon Valley native who has advocated to expand access and affordability for community college students. An active community volunteer, Ahrens served on the Board of Directors of the Foothill-De Anza Foundation prior to his election.

Assembly District 26 includes the cities of Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, and Cupertino and the communities of West San José and Alviso. The District 26 seat is currently held by Assemblymember Evan Low. Asm. Low has endorsed Ahrens in the race to succeed him.

Ahrens became deeply interested in higher education policy as a student at De Anza, when he was the first in his family to go to college and was elected to serve as student trustee on the district’s governing board. During that time, he experienced the same housing insecurity faced by a growing number of students and families in one of the most expensive regions in the country.

He has led the effort on the FHDA board to build affordable housing for teachers and employees, helping retain top talent in an increasingly unaffordable area. He also spearheaded the effort to pass the biggest bond in district history, securing $200 million in affordable housing for students, faculty, and staff.

Interview with Mayor of Saratoga and Candidate for Santa Clara County Assessor Yan Zhao

Interview with Mayor of Saratoga and Candidate for Santa Clara County Assessor Yan Zhao.

Yan Zhao is the current mayor of City of Saratoga. She was first elected to the Saratoga City Council in 2018 and served as Mayor in 2021.  Prior to her election, she served 8 years on the Saratoga planning commission, 4 years on the Saratoga Madronia Cemetery Board of Trustees, and 9 years on the Commission of the Status of Women in Santa Clara County. 

Yan holds a bachelor’s degree from University of California, Berkeley in Electric Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), and a master’s degree from Santa Clara University in Electric Engineering.

Yan has over 20+ years’ of experience in the semiconductor industry, with expertise in Analog IC design, technical marketing, business development and sales. She has worked for National Semiconductor Corporation, Rambus, Analog Devices Inc. and other top-tier companies.

Yan has received multiple awards, including Woman of the Year in California assembly district 28, National Community Service Award, and California Asian Pacific Islander Women Leadership Award.

Yan has lived in Saratoga for over 24 years. 

Mayor of San Jose and Candidate for re-election Matt Mahan

Matt ran for City Council in 2020 for District 10 with a focus on improving the quality of life in our neighborhoods by making City Hall responsive and accountable, especially for public safety, infrastructure and cleaning up our streets.

On the city council, Matt made good on his promises. He fought to identify land for low-cost, safe and secure shelter for those living on our streets. While fighting for sufficient shelter and common sense laws, Matt proposed an interim solution to reduce the impact of encampments on the wider community through encampment sites and services. He was a strong advocate for Laura’s Law, legislation that establishes court-ordered mental health care for severely mentally ill people, many of whom are unhoused – and for more in-patient mental health and addiction treatment.

After taking office as a City Councilmember, Matt became acutely aware of the dysfunction at City Hall that prevents our biggest problems from being solved. He decided to run for Mayor to force the Council and the bureaucracy to focus on the key problems facing our community, such as homelessness, trash, crime and traffic, and to pursue common sense solutions that are both affordable and effective.

In just the few months that Matt has been mayor, we’ve already seen the power of common sense at work.

He overcame resistance from defenders of the status-quo to build more safe and decent shelter for our homeless neighbors at a fraction of the price the city is paying for most units now.

Interview with Palo Alto Councilmember and Candidate for Congress Greg Tanaka

Interview with Palo Alto Councilmember and Candidate for Congress Greg Tanaka.

Greg Lin Tanaka was born in Los Angeles to a Japanese-American father and a Chinese-American mother. Raised in a single parent household, he went on to attend the California Institute of Technology and the University of California, Berkeley.

The pressing need for government and policies to catch up with technological advancements and a changing economy prompted Greg to run for Congress. Greg is a committed public servant with nearly fifteen years of experience in local government and politics in Palo Alto.

As an elected council member, Greg has been a tireless advocate for business friendly and financially responsible policies. His practice of holding regular ‘office hours’ sessions where he listens to the concerns of constituents has gained recognition, and in both of his campaigns for public office, he was committed to transparency and incorporating the input of residents. When the pandemic struck and shuttered businesses and upended lives nationwide, Greg fought in the City Council for policies to revitalize the local economy and help get Palo Altans back on their feet. His work as a ‘Councilmember for everyone’ earned him a whopping 400 endorsements in his 2020 campaign for re-election, and he is dedicated to taking this approach to governance to Congress as a representative for Silicon Valley.

Ding Ding TV report – Santa Clara “Keep Our Elected Police Chief” Gathering

Santa Clara is the only city in California that elects rather than appoints its Police Chief. The voters elected Pat Nikolai as the Police Chief in 2020.

But a new measure (Measure B) got approved by the Santa Clara City Council that would change the position of police chief an appointed position. It will be on the ballot and before the voters in the March state primary.



Ding Ding TV attended the kick-off of the campaign urge the citizens of Santa Clara to keep the city’s Police Chief an elected position.

Lunar New Year Greetings from elected officials

As Voters Head to Polls Worldwide, What Role for Diaspora Communities?

With 2024 being the biggest election year in history — as over 70 countries with over four billion people send citizens to the polls — the role of diaspora communities is more crucial than ever.



At a Friday, January 12 Ethnic Media Services briefing, speakers discussed how AI and social media spread disinformation among diaspora groups, and shared how diaspora communities will engage with elections in their home lands of Mexico, India and Taiwan.

A story by Selen Ozturk for Ethnic Media Services.

Support Asian American Stories Video Competition by buying a ticket for the Award Ceremony in May

Since the start of the pandemic, anti-Asian hate crimes have been on the rise. Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders became targets of physical and verbal attacks, causing them to feel unsafe and unwelcome in public spaces. AAPI businesses have also been targeted. As of August 2021, more than 9,000 anti-Asian incidents had been reported since the beginning of the pandemic, according to Stop AAPI Hate.

Ding Ding TV and Silicon Valley Community Media together with other AAPI and ethnic organizations and community partners organized numerous events to call on our community members to come together, demand systemic change, build bridges through understanding, and appreciate our differences.

Thanks to California State Library (CSL) and California Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs (CAPIAA).

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